Silicon Forest Developer/hacker. I write about Generative AI, DevOps, and Linux mostly.
Once held the world record for being the youngest person alive.
I walked away from a very high paying job with great benefits, that was incredibly toxic. I'll spare the details and the company name.
It wasn't really things that were happening to me personally, but certain people around me. After attempts at rectifying issues, I decided I could not change the situation, so I made a plan. I had some savings aside but I tightened my finances down to save even more, for my "escape". I didn't have a specific time planned, I just figured I would know the right point.
I didn't start "looking" for anything I just focused on making my time there as bearable as possible. I did my job, and tried to help those around me.
I reached my breaking point during a meeting when I witnessed something that made me decide I could no longer be part of the organization in any way. I put in my two weeks notice immediately. This caused such commotion and verbal abuse I ended up leaving a few days later. Something I'd never done before.
I had nothing lined up or even in the works. I decided to take the summer off. I was fortunate to have enough saved that I could do this. I didn't look, and I turned down interviews. I spent 3 months focusing on my family, building up skills, and doing volunteer work. It was the greatest way to decompress and re-center.
I am lucky to have been able to do this. At many points in my career I was not able to and had to "stick it out" at some terrible places. This is why when I had a chance to walk I took it.
Since then, I now have pretty rigid standards for a work environment, and I stick to it. I am the squeaky wheel and do not tolerate deviance from my expectations. I don't care if others see this as being "high maintenance". I've been a member of many organizations since that have no problems with it. They share my values.
Mental health is important. From that point forward I considered it more seriously when a coworker or someone reporting to me shared they were having stress/mental wellness concerns. If I can help them, I will.
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I walked away from a very high paying job with great benefits, that was incredibly toxic. I'll spare the details and the company name.
It wasn't really things that were happening to me personally, but certain people around me. After attempts at rectifying issues, I decided I could not change the situation, so I made a plan. I had some savings aside but I tightened my finances down to save even more, for my "escape". I didn't have a specific time planned, I just figured I would know the right point.
I didn't start "looking" for anything I just focused on making my time there as bearable as possible. I did my job, and tried to help those around me.
I reached my breaking point during a meeting when I witnessed something that made me decide I could no longer be part of the organization in any way. I put in my two weeks notice immediately. This caused such commotion and verbal abuse I ended up leaving a few days later. Something I'd never done before.
I had nothing lined up or even in the works. I decided to take the summer off. I was fortunate to have enough saved that I could do this. I didn't look, and I turned down interviews. I spent 3 months focusing on my family, building up skills, and doing volunteer work. It was the greatest way to decompress and re-center.
I am lucky to have been able to do this. At many points in my career I was not able to and had to "stick it out" at some terrible places. This is why when I had a chance to walk I took it.
Since then, I now have pretty rigid standards for a work environment, and I stick to it. I am the squeaky wheel and do not tolerate deviance from my expectations. I don't care if others see this as being "high maintenance". I've been a member of many organizations since that have no problems with it. They share my values.
Mental health is important. From that point forward I considered it more seriously when a coworker or someone reporting to me shared they were having stress/mental wellness concerns. If I can help them, I will.